Water-elevating device.



B. F. WILSON.

WATER ELEVATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.20, 191

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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WATER ELEVATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 050.20.1913.

1,150,408. Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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1b=aZZ w]wmitmay concern: I Be it knownthat BERT Fr WILSON ,gCltlZGIr ofthe United statea lresiding at; the city and countyof Denver and StateofColo rado', have; invented certain new; and useful Improvements inWater-Elevating Devices"; and I doj-declare the following tobea full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as, willwenaible, others skilled in the art to whichitappertainslto make anduseithe same, reference being had to theaccompany: ing drawings, and toitheletters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which part of this specificatiomy 1 V My inventionrelates to improvements lIl waterelevatlng devlces. I

In my improved construct on the apparatus consists-0f spirallyarrangedjtrough located within and secured to a closed cylindricalcasing, the, aXi'sfof'the structure being inclined to the horizontalduring the rotary action of the apparatus, when, in use. Thiscylindrical structure; suspended into the V stream, reservoir, .or othersuitable Water; supply, upon aframe, one memberofwhich supportsabearingfor the upper; extremity of said structure, while the otherdepending members of-saidframe'are provided'withi anti-flirictionalrollers, which form, a bearing face upon which the cylindrical casingrevolves Whenrotated. The spiral convolutions which form the cylindricalcasing and to which the spiral convolutions. of the trough are attachedoverlap'eachother and are'secured together in any suitable manner,

whereby the said casing is entirely closed.

the casing at certainintervals is provided with openings normally closedby plates, but which plates may be withdrawn when desired, whereby anyforeign substance that might have collected in the'trough may beremoved.

-' Still another feature of my invention'is that the interior of thestructure is open throughout its length, andatboth extremities, and byvirtue of this construction the interior of the apparatus may be enteredfrom the top for purposes of repairing or cleaning. a. Having brieflyoutlined my construction,

I will proceed to describe the same-in detail, reference being made tothe accompanying drawing.

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form a 1 ing, or other purposes.

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V H In thisdrawing: Figure l-is elevation of the apparatusinitsentirety. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2 2,;Fig. 1, lookingin the'direction of. the arrowe Fig.3

is a section taken on the. line:? -3, Fig. 1,

, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig.

flis a vertical central section of the apparatus with parts broken awayandon an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing oneof the openings in the periphery of. the cylindrical casing and themeans bywhich they are normally closed.

The same. reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate the upper portion of a frame work which isforined 'of anumber of membersG arranged in the form of a square. Uponthe framemember 5 s mounted asupporting r1ng,7,.provided ;.with lugs 8,which, are securedto the. members;6 bolts Q. The ring 7 is grooved at10, wh ch groove-registers withthe groove 11 formed in an annularflange? 12 of a collar 13, said collar being secured to the upperextremity-10f arcylindrical casing 14:. These respective grooves "areadapted to receive balls 15, whereby ananti-friotional bearing is formedbetween thecollar 113 and the supporting ring 7. The cylindrical casing14: is suspended upon this hearing andformed from a spiral plate 16, thesuccessive convolutionsof which overlap, as shown at 17,

and arefastenedftogether by rivets 18.

Vii/'ithinthe plate 16 and adjacent thereto is located a spirallyarranged trough 19,

3 the successiveconvolution being secured to Another feature of myinvention ls'that' the respective convolutions of theplate 16, byextending the rivetsl'8 through an up turned flange 4 formed on theouter periphery ofthe trough. This structure comprising the plate 16 andthe trough 19 maybe of any desired length and its lower extremityextends into the bed of the stream, reservoir, or other body of water,from which the water is to be elevated for irrigatsite extremities ofthese brackets support a.

gear ring 24 andare secured thereto by suitable "fastening means 41.Upon the frame member 5 are also mounted two supports, and 26, intheupper extremities of which is ournaled a shaft 27. Upon this shaft 27 issecured a pinion gear 28, which meshes with the gear ring 24. Also,rigidly imo'unted upon this shaft, near "oneextremity,'is a pulley wheel29 connected by a belt 40, with any suitable source of power.

Depending from the frame member 5 are two supports, 31 and 32,1ncl1nedatan angle of approximately 65 degrees, and forming right angles with thesaid frame member 5'.

Braces '33ftend to hold the frame member 5 in th-igposition'andare'secured at one extremity to the dependingisupports 31 and, 32ybybolts 34, and at their opposite ex tremities with r the frame member 5by bolts 35. 20

' I 7 bearing upon which the apparatus revolves when rotated.

In certain. convolutions of the plate 16, there are openings 41approximately 20 degrees apart, which are normally closed by plates38inserted in U-shaped ways 39.

'These plates may be withdrawn from the ways- 39 when desiredfwherebyaccess gained to the-interiorof the trough for re} moving anysubstancethat might have becomed lodged near said openings, 7

complish thesame object', or for the purpose of repairing the;apparatus, the"operator may enter the interior of the structure which isopen, as shown at 3, by descending [through the gear ring 24. This is amost important feature of my invention, since heretofore inconstructionsof this character,

as far as I am aware, there has beenno f mean for clearing obstructlonsor'making Copies of this patentmey be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the (Commissioner ofhPatentsll j r ,I claim 1s To ac repairsWithin such structure, without taking the same apart.

7 The apparatus is operated byimparting power to the pulley-wheel 29,,by means of "a casing and trough structure, and thus the water is pickedup at the lower extremity ofthe saidapparatus and delivered at its upperextremity where it tionary trough 30; r

Having thus described my inventiomwhat '1. The combination overflowsinto a sta? 50, belt 4:0, which rotates ashaft 27,'andlwhich p was famemam to the horizontal, of a cylindrical i casing f. A

mounted thereon and suspended. therefrom; 1

means for rotating said casing, 'a spiral;

trough secured to the interiorof the casing and arranged to leave "anopen space throughout the length i of the structure ,7

within the convolutions of said trough for the purposes set forth; 1 r

:2. The combination Witl a frame inclined to the horizontal, of a casingmounted thereon and suspended therefrom,1means for r0 tating saidcasing, a spiral trough secured to theinter'lor of the cas ngandarranged to leave an open space throughout the length a of thestructure within the'conv'olutions of to the horizontal, a spiraltrough; struc= for the'purpose set forth.

ture in presenceof two witnesses,

'jWitnessesr V I washin toanc."

"BER'r' r. 'WILSON, V

